The Dean’s Scholarship is a merit award from the NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. It covers full tuition for selected applicants regardless of their Wagner degree program or area of interest.
Applicants may pursue eligible on-campus or online study routes. Scholarship consideration is part of the admissions review rather than a separate competition.
Benefits & funding
- The scholarship covers full tuition.
- The official sources do not state support for living costs, travel, insurance, or other personal expenses.
Eligibility
- Applicants must submit a complete application and be admitted to an NYU Wagner degree program.
- Full-time, part-time, domestic, and international applicants are considered for Wagner merit scholarships.
- The Dean’s Scholarship itself has no published nationality, residency, gender, age, or work-experience restriction; applicants must meet the requirements of their chosen degree program.
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Application process
- 1Choose an NYU Wagner degree program and review its application checklist and deadline.
- 2Create an account in the NYU Wagner application portal and submit a complete admissions application; no separate merit-scholarship application is required.
- 3Wait for the admissions decision; scholarship recipients are normally notified within 24–48 hours after the admission decision is released.
Program timeline
October 12, 2026
Next published Spring 2027 application deadline for select programs; the school states that another deadline will follow.
December 1, 2026
Fall 2027 Early Action and Priority Scholarship deadline.
March 2, 2027
Published admission-decision date for Fall 2027 applications submitted by the December 1 deadline.
Within 24–48 hours after an admission decision
Scholarship recipients are normally notified.